Vita nostra
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New York, N.Y. : Harper Voyager, 2018.
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9780062694591, 0062694596, 9780008272852, 0008272859, 9780063054158
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Harper Voyager, 2018.
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Book
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406 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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9780062694591, 0062694596, 9780008272852, 0008272859, 9780063054158

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Sasha Samokhina has been accepted to the Institute of Special Technologies. Or, more precisely, she’s been chosen. Situated in a tiny village, she finds the students are bizarre, and the curriculum even more so. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, it is their families that pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of . . . and suddenly all she could ever want. A complex blend of adventure, magic, science, and philosophy that probes the mysteries of existence, filtered through a distinct Russian sensibility, this astonishing work of speculative fiction—brilliantly translated by Julia Meitov Hersey—is reminiscent of modern classics such as Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, Max Barry’s Lexicon, and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale, but will transport them to a place far beyond those fantastical worlds.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Di͡achenko, M., Di͡achenko, S., & Hersey, J. M. (2018). Vita nostra (First Harper Voyager hardcover edition.). Harper Voyager.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Di͡achenko, Marina, Serhi Di͡achenko and Julia Meitov, Hersey. 2018. Vita Nostra. Harper Voyager.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Di͡achenko, Marina, Serhi Di͡achenko and Julia Meitov, Hersey. Vita Nostra Harper Voyager, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Di͡achenko, Marina,, Serhi Di͡achenko, and Julia Meitov Hersey. Vita Nostra First Harper Voyager hardcover edition., Harper Voyager, 2018.

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